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E B White Inspirational Quotes (147)

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Democracy is a request from a War Board, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war, wanting to know what democracy is.
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A poet dares to be just so clear and no clearer he approaches lucid ground warily, like a mariner who is determined not to scrape his bottom on anything solid. A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.
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Books are the door of escape from the forest.
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Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.
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I have always felt that the first duty of a writer was to ascend - to make flights, carrying others along if you can manage it. To do this takes courage, even a certain conceit.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.
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Sometimes a writer, like an acrobat, must try a trick that is too much for him.
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You have been my friends. That in itself is a tremendous thing.
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A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
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new york provides not only a continuing excitation but also a spectacle that is continuing.
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Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
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The most puzzling thing about TV is the steady advance of the sponsor across the line that has always separated news from promotion, entertainment from merchandising. The advertiser has assumed the role of originator, and the performer has gradually been eased into the role of peddler.
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There is no trick to it. If you like to write and want to write, you write, no matter where you are or what else you are doing or whether anyone pays any heed.
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Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
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It seemed to me that I should have a desk, even though I had no real need for a desk. I was afraid that if I had no desk in my room my life would seem too haphazard.
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Don't write about Man write about a man.
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If I can fool a bug... I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs.
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Children hold spring so tightly in their brown fists-just as grownups, who are less sure of it, hold it in their hearts.
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I discovered, though, that once having given a pig an enema there is no turning back, no chance of resuming one of life's more stereotyped roles.
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The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything
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Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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The living language is like a cowpath: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay
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